To: Morgana
Static electricity, or sparks caused by the friction from the drill bit against the gas tank are most likely to blame for the spontaneous combustion of the gas. “Spontaneous combustion” must have a different definition in Britain.
3 posted on
06/16/2022 9:48:32 PM PDT by
fidelis
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To: fidelis
“Spontaneous combustion” must have a different definition in Britain.
English has multiple definitions for everything. The other definition was famously employed by Dickens in”Bleak House”, and in the movie “This is Spinal Tap”. It doesn’t get any more British than that.
13 posted on
06/17/2022 12:09:28 AM PDT by
Dr. Sivana
("It's one thing if it's a minor incursion" － Joe Biden)
To: fidelis
That drill motor, brushes and all, makes sparks too.
I put that at the top of the blame list.
Well, the top of the list is the nut behind the drill.
36 posted on
06/17/2022 7:32:56 AM PDT by
Scrambler Bob
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